Welcome to Southern Mantis Press

Southern Mantis Press is a publisher of books, DVDs, eBooks, and various media and printed matter related to Kwongsai, Chu Gar, and Iron Ox Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu. Our books are printed by Lightning Source, Inc. and distributed by Ingram Book Company, the world's largest book wholesale distributor. Distribution partners include Baker & Taylor, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Gardners, and Bertrams among others. Currently our books are available through Ingram in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, and Brazil with new Global Connect partners upcoming.

A Personal Note from RDH

If you enjoyed reading the traditional martial arts magazines I previously published, then you will enjoy and find useful my hardcover books on Southern Praying Mantis. Just follow the links in the left column for complete descriptions.

In addition to the hardcover editions of the China Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu Survey™ which detail the origins, history, and practices of Hakka Mantis in China, I've also condensed the boxing essentials into several volumes of step by step instruction to accompany the Instructional DVD programs. Watch for new volumes in book and DVD format. I have a library of Hakka Southern Mantis that is yet to be released.

Get my Southern Mantis teaching in any of my articles, books, eBooks, magazines, videos, or DVDs now and if you are not happy with the depth of the information and knowledge presented, I will promptly return your tuition / payment. That's more than a guarantee, that's a promise! Better yet, come visit me in China and I'll greet you at the airport!

If the "live chat" icon, in the corner of this page, shows I'm online, then click the button and feel free to chat with me. Or just send me an email.

PS. You can also subscribe (left) and receive email updates to be notified when our newest books and media are released and to receive news of what's happening in the Hakka Mantis world of China and Hong Kong.

About the Images Herein

The images on this site and in our new media are from my personal library. Snapped on the spot. Not made in a studio for glamor but made on the spot with the various Sifu herein. I hope you will appreciate the images for what they are - Sifu in the raw, in their own element. None of the images can be made again- those days are gone. And sadly, so are many of the old teachers who have passed. Enjoy these rare and personal Hakka Mantis images, even those that are bit blurry. The photographs of various Sifu in Hakka Mantis postures alone are invaluable, priceless, and an irreplaceable heritage of Hakka Praying Mantis Kungfu. ...More info here. -RDH

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About Us

Southern Mantis Press is a POD publisher of books, DVDs, eBooks, and various media and printed matter related to Kwongsai, Chu Gar and Iron Ox Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu. Our books are distributed by Ingram Book Company, the largest book wholesale distributor in the world. Distribution partners include Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Gardners and Bertrams among others.

What We Do

Preserving and Promoting Kwongsai Bamboo Forest Temple, Chu Gar and Iron Ox Southern Praying Mantis through an ongoing "hands on" Survey of the origins, history and practices in China for more than a decade!